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August 16, 2009
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Seouleats.com is in the Lonely Planet!

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Written by: Daniel
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Well, that’s pretty surprising. Cool. Here’s the excerpt.

Sampling the quirky delights of Korean food and drink is one of the joys of visiting Seoul. The
Wonderful World of Korean Food, published by the Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO), is a free booklet that provides a superbly illustrated introduction to the country’s food, snacks and drinks. Download it from www.visitkorea.or.kr. Explore more quirky delights at www.seouleats.com, an extensive expat blog with ‘interesting food titbits, restaurant reviews and random tomfoolery’.

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Daniel
Daniel Gray is a Korean adoptee that returned to Korean in 2005 because he wanted to try and find his birth mother and to learn about Korean culture. He started a restaurant review blog in 2007, www.seouleats.com, that became a local and international hit. He and his blog has been featured in the New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Kimchi Chronicles, Bizarre Foods, Rudy Maxa, Olive Magazine, Euronews and much more. He now is a partner at O’ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), which is a culinary tourism and consulting company that offers Korean cooking classes and restaurant tours to travelers. Their food tours and cooking classes are ranked as one of the top attractions in Seoul according to tripadvisor.
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  1. Tamar1973

    Congratulations! (^-^)

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    August 16, 2009 at 6:16 pm


  2. Carol

    way to go dan!

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    August 17, 2009 at 1:28 am


  3. Rob

    So does that mean that all us hangers on who are travelling on your coat tails are going to be famous too?

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    August 17, 2009 at 11:08 am


  4. Paula

    knew you when… ^^

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    August 17, 2009 at 3:46 pm


  5. happiness ROKs

    seriously cool, Dan. that's awesome.

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    September 1, 2009 at 2:38 pm



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